John has always had that special sensibility to capture moments and create a distinct atmosphere, which is reflected in his photography. His fashion and life style photography has a young modern look that makes it extremely relevant in today’s market. John’s work is evenly divided between celebrity, editorial and advertising photography.
The other day I did go out and take some photos down the street from our house. A couple shots of some random deer hanging out in the snow. In Park City, UT the wild life is everywhere. The one deer is fully sticking his tongue out at me.
I am in Park City, UT with the family hanging out. We all went bowling the other night with some friends. Check out the time lapse photography I did.
Shot on the Canon 5D Mark II
1000 images shot every 10sec.
Happy holidays everyone. Madison, Megan and I kicked off the holiday season by paying a visit to the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Our host was the amazing Joanne Reyes, Director of the Children's Miracle Network. We had a special, behind-the-scenes tour of this incredible, multifaceted healing facility. The visit was part of all the fundraising Madison and I have been doing for this important institution It's been a financially tough year for everyone, so these kids needed our help more than ever. On average, the Childrens Hospital goes through 70,000 toys per year because they give a toy to every child who undergoes a "big" day (ie surgery, chemotherapy, etc.), and they also give a new toy once a week to the long term child patients. We saw communal family visiting areas, surgery rooms, and play areas for these brave kids. The reason I love doing this sort of work is that it reminds me of what's really important in our lives, and how easy it is to take the simple things in life for granted.
This is a perfect example of the power of a photograph to convey a message much better than the written word. Understandably, photography is really restricted at the Childrens Hospital, however, I was able to snap a couple photos with my i Phone that I hope give you a glimpse at life in this special place.
This holiday season, I hope I've inspired to you to think more about giving than receiving. The truth is, the gratitude I get by helping in this small way gives me a much bigger reward than any gift I could imagine.
If you want to know more, or find out how you can help, contact Joanne Reyes at cjreyes@chla.usc.edu, or call 323-361-1708. You can always see more at www.chla.org too!
Dropping off toys to Joanne for this kids.
This for sure will make some little girls day.
Myself and My Brother Madison.
Megan and Madison
This was a very special room for the teenagers only. A spot where they can hang out and play games, watch tv, chill, listen to music and hang out with other teens sooooo cool.
Not a bad view.
A very important machine that the doctors can give surgery to the kids. These machines are not cheap at all and they need so many more.
On this most recent overcast, murky day in Malibu, I decided it was an opportune occasion to meet up with my close buddies to go for a rainy, muddy bike ride in the Santa Monica (backbone trail) Mountains. You know me, rain or shine I would never pass on an opportunity to shoot some pictures, so I ended up bringing my Canon G9. For a point-and-shoot, this camera takes stellar :) ) photos, but of course it needed to be protected from the wet weather. Using an ordinary plastic bag, I created a casing for the camera as I shot with it. This technique gave the images a soft, dreamy effect - much like a Holga film camera.
Did a shoot the other day for Samantha Marquart who is about to drop her single. Check out the time lapse we did behind the scenes.
Shot on the Canon 5D Mark II
Over 2,000 images
Made with quicktime pro
WOW! Another exciting and successful event with my brother, Madison Hildebrand. Madison held a book signing for his book, "Activate YOUR Passion, Create YOUR Career" at Bull Couture in Thousand Oaks.
Guests brought unwrapped toys to donate to Childrens Hospital LA and a percentage of the sales were donated to Make A Wish Foundation.
With the help from our sponsors, JETT Vodka, Celsius Energy Drink, Mellow Water and Bull Couture, the event was a huge success. I mingled with the guests and got some great candid shots. Check it out...
Million Dollar Listing Season Finale Party - Portraits
Last night was my brother Madison Hildebrand’s season finale party for his show “Million Dollar Listing.” The event was held at The Abbey in West Hollywood.
Madison was there to promote the show, his book “Activate YOUR Passion, Create YOUR Career” and help raise awareness and money for LEAP.
LEAP Foundation, Inc. was created to help high school and college students achieve success in life.
I set up a small photo-booth to take portraits of Madison and his fans and supporters. Here are some of the images from the event. To view all the images please click here. VIEW IMAGES
How it was shot.
Canon 5D Mark II
Shot on Lexar Cards 4gb 300x speed
60 @ F8
Profoto 7B portable pack with one Head
Simple set up go and try it sometime and send me what you did.
This one-day workshop is an introduction to digital photography, workflow, camera settings and using the right software. You will grow to become comfortable with digital SLR cameras including the technical aspects of non-automatic shooting modes, image storage capabilities, file types, menus, and color balance. This workshop covers exposure, lighting, shutter effects, aperture and the creative possibilities of digital photography.
In addition to learning your camera we will go over Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom is the top photo-editing program, which will help you enhance your images and store them correctly. We will be demonstrating this software on MAC computers.
· Camera and menu settings
· Exposure
· Lenses
· Adobe Lightroom
· Digital asset management
John Hildebrand and Kyle Sparks both graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography and have over 15 years of experience.
To learn more about John and Kyle visit their website.
Malibu, CA based photographer
info@johnhildebrand.com
310.857.6290
Bio
John Hildebrand has always had a remarkable sensibility to capture unique moments and create a distinct atmosphere. His enjoyable energetic personality and creativity unquestionably reflect his photography in many ways.
John left Arizona, his hometown, to attend the Brooks Institute in California graduating in 2002. He later moved to Malibu to open his photography studio.
With a young and modern twist, John’s fashion, lifestyle and architecture photography is extraordinary and extremely relevant to today’s market. His work is evenly divided between editorial and commercial photography. Some of his clients include: Malibu Magazine, Swim Journal, Beach Magazine, Malibu Beach Inn Rock Star Jewelry, Coors, Aphrodite Jewelry, Bubululu Swimsuits, O'Quinn Clothing, Ocean Homes Magazine, Stitches & Da-Nang, Double Cross Jewelry just to name a few.
Sicky Dicky Productions is John’s production company created in 2006. He works closely with different charity events, raising over $100,000 a year.
You can also see John, on Bravo TV’s season three of ‘Million Dollar Listing’.
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